Ishmael

Ishmael (1972 BC-1835 BC) was the son of Abraham and his wife Sarah's maid Hagar. Sarah planned for Abraham to conceive a child with Hagar, and God warned Hagar that her son would constantly be in conflict with other men. A year later, Isaac was born, and Sarah had Ishmael and Hagar banished after catching Ishmael playing with Isaac; she did not want Ishmael to take her son's inheritance. At the age of 14, Hagar and Ishmael were freed, and Abraham gave Hagar and Ishmael a supply of bread and water before sending them away. Ishmael became an archer and roamed through the wilderness, and he fathered twelve princes: Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. Ishmael died at the age of 137, having been the ancestor of the Arabs.